Table III.

Indicators referring to the board of directors and control variables

DimensionsIndicatorsAcronymsDefinitionExpected relationshipReferences
Board of directorsSize of the boardSBTotal number of council members(+)Gaur, Bathula, and Singh (2015) 
Gender presidentGENValue 1 is assigned if male, and 0 otherwise(+)Akpan and Amran (2014)
IndependenceINDThe relationship between the number of independent members and the size of the council(+)DeBoskey (2018) 
Chairman/CEOCHAAssigned value 1 when chairperson is CEO, and 0 otherwise(−)Gaur et al. (2015) 
AgeAGEAnnual average age of the directors of the administration(−)Darmadi (2011) 
MeetingsMEETotal number of council meetings in the year(+)Schwartz-Ziv and Weisbach (2013) 
Control variablesLeverageLEVRelation between total liabilities (current and non-current liabilities) by total assets(+)Sánchez et al. (2014)
Log market valueLogMVNatural logarithm of market value(+)Sánchez et al., 2014
SegmentsTRADAssign value 1 if traditional, and 0 otherwise(−)Azevedo et al. (2014) 
L1Value 1 is assigned if Level 1, and 0 otherwise(+)Azevedo et al. (2014) 
L2Value 1 is assigned if Level 2, and 0 otherwise(+)Azevedo et al. (2014) 
NMValue 1 is attributed to new market, and 0 otherwise(+)Azevedo et al. (2014) 
Source: Own elaboration (2017)

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